The Best Scroller Games for Xbox Series X - Page 5

Update : Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening added at rank #20.
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Manifold (2021)

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The game takes place in a "universe with a different set of physical laws" where the player can manipulate gravity, being able to "turn walls into floors".[6] The player must solve puzzles using the world's geometry in addition to devices within the architecture of the world.[6] To aid the player, the world's tone takes on one of six colors depending on which direction they have manipulated gravity. Several facets of the game's world may only be interacted with when the gravity is oriented directly, with these objects sharing one of the six colors.


  • puzzle
  • philosophical
  • abstract
  • 3d
  • nonlinear
  • platform
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • psychedelic
  • atmospheric
  • experimental
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • artificial
  • intelligence

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Murder Is Game Over: Deal Killer (2024)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox Series X j Playstation 5

Murder Is Game Over: Deal Killer takes you on an immersive journey through the Italian Alps. Unravel the murder mystery amidst an alpine backdrop, exploring opulent settings and unmasking the killer in this thrilling detective game.


  • choices
  • detective
  • snow
  • immersive
  • life
  • mystery
  • scroller
  • point-and-click
  • walking-simulator
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • simulation
  • hidden-object
  • visual-novel
  • story

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Jetpack Kiwi (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch Playstation 5

Jetpack Kiwi is a classic 2D side scrolling shoot em up game featuring 20 levels, 5 bosses, hordes of enemies spaceships, with multiple characters to choose from; each one with an unique special attack. Complete the game in single player or with a friend in local co-op!


  • jet
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • 1990s
  • aliens
  • action-adventure
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • flight
  • arcade
  • cute
  • retro

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Shing! (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!


  • beat-em-up
  • demons
  • cooperative
  • ninja
  • fight
  • rogue-like
  • swordplay
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2.5d
  • spectacle
  • scroller
  • character
  • side-scrolling
  • colourful
  • arcade

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Prison City (2023)

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Nintendo Switch l Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle techno-terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.


  • dystopian
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • crime-ridden
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • capitalism
  • side-scrolling
  • cinematic
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • action

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Psychroma (2024)

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PC Windows Linux Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Psychroma is a narrative-driven side-scroller where you play as a digital medium. Confront the past by piecing together the broken memories of a cybernetic house, and exorcise the ghosts in the machine.


  • cyberpunk
  • psychedelic
  • psychological
  • capitalism
  • nonlinear
  • scroller
  • horror
  • lgbtq
  • dystopian
  • pixel
  • emotional
  • story
  • surreal
  • fiction
  • dark

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Cassiodora (2022)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Cassiodora is a medieval fantasy game inspired by classic shoot 'em up with unique mechanics and epic boss fights. Save the princess Cassiodora by yourself or with up to 2 friends on the same screen.


  • 2.5d
  • scroller
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • character
  • split-screen
  • attack
  • score
  • cooperative
  • customization
  • campaign
  • medieval
  • controller-support
  • colourful
  • local

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Stasis Valley (2025)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch j Xbox Series X

Stasis Valley is a puzzle-platformer which follows Adam, a young man who descends into a world frozen in time. Uncover its secrets, experience a story about grief, and confront the dangers lurking within the valley.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • surreal
  • scroller
  • stylized
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • atmospheric
  • controller-support
  • colourful

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Bot Gaiden (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Bot Gaiden is a vibrant 2D platformer built for speed. Take control of ninjabots Robyu and Bytron as they seek to recover the golden skulls from the hands of the mysterious Giorqio and his band of hench-bots. Race to the finish, because bosses get stronger with time.


  • comic
  • swordplay
  • nonlinear
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • hack-and-slash
  • ninja
  • platform
  • book
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn
  • family-friendly
  • robots

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Fallen City Brawl (2025)

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PC Windows j Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One

Brawl through the city in hard-hitting pixel art style inspired by arcade classics! Inspired by arcade beat ’em ups of the late ’80s and early ’90s, Fallen City Brawl is a story of ambition and revenge told through intense side-scrolling pixel art action.


  • beat-em-up
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • linear
  • fight
  • 1990s
  • cooperative
  • 1980s
  • local
  • pixel
  • controller-support
  • old-school
  • action

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